Table 1.
Lettuce cultivation characteristics |
Experimental repetition |
Lettuce cultivation condition | ||
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Without polytunnel | Polytunnel with antifog | Polytunnel without antifog | ||
Daily light integral (mol m-2 d-1) |
1 | 7.23 ± 1.91AB,a | 5.81 ± 1.63AB,b | 5.33 ± 1.41B,b |
2 | 9.01 ± 3.34A,a | 7.10 ± 2.36A,b | 7.07 ± 2.22A,b | |
3 | 5.97 ± 3.41B,a | 4.30 ± 0.31B,ab | 2.10 ± 0.21C,b | |
Photoperiod (daylight, h) |
1 | 13.37 ± 0.41B | ||
2 | 15.14 ± 0.55A | |||
3 | 12.67 ± 0.60C | |||
Temperature (°C) |
1 | 22.61 ± 0.54a | 25.29 ± 1.61AB,b | 25.19 ± 1.43AB,b |
2 | 23.04 ± 1.17a | 26.06 ± 2.26A,b | 26.28 ± 2.38A,b | |
3 | 22.57 ± 0.80a | 24.07 ± 0.78B,b | 24.05 ± 0.77B,b | |
Relative humidity (%) |
1 | 42.98 ± 3.90C,a | 86.30 ± 8.77B,b | 91.79 ± 8.89c |
2 | 46.67 ± 5.76B,a | 90.43 ± 5.75AB,b | 92.13 ± 5.14b | |
3 | 56.52 ± 5.67A,a | 95.48 ± 1.82A,b | 95.48 ± 1.67b |
Lettuce was grown without or under polytunnels with and without antifogging additives. Data are shown as averaged values (mean ± SD) monitored continuously over the experimental period. Capital letters indicate significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) between the three repetitions within similar cultivation conditions. Lower case letters indicate significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) between cultivation conditions within one experimental repetition; no letters indicate absence of significance.